Military Aircraft

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  what the average number of  (a) planned and  (b) actual flying hours for aircraft was in each year since 2001;
	(2)  what the average number of  (a) planned and  (b) actual flying hours for the (i) Harrier GR7, (ii) Harrier GR9, (iii) Tornado GR4, (iv) Tornado F3 and (v) Typhoon aircraft was in each year since 2001.

Bob Ainsworth: There is no requirement to hold data on average flying hours. The planned and actual flying hours for fixed wing aircraft from all three services in each year since 2001 are broken down as follows:
	
		
			Financial Year 
			2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 Jaguar Planned 12,543 12,996 13,260 11,247 9,156 3,576 0 
			  Actual 11,877 12,007 11,440 10,348 7,185 3,512 (1)500 
			 Sea Harrier Planned 5,633 6,219 6,219 4,491 1,980 (2)Out of service Out of service 
			  Actual 4,843 5,563 5,347 3,506 1,404 (2)Out of service Out of service 
			 Harrier T8 Planned 925 925 925 925 463 (2)Out of service Out of service 
			  Actual 682 595 656 592 338 (2)Out of service Out of service 
			 Harrier GR7/GR9/T10/T12 Planned (3)15,282 (3)14,809 (3)15,424 (3)15,024 (3)13,890 (3)15,424 (3)14,550 
			 Harrier GR 7 Actual 12,073 12,079 10,527 11,768 11,110 13,010(4) 13,231(4) 
			 Harrier GR 9 Actual Not in service Not in service Not in service Not in Service 475 (4)— (4)— 
			 Harrier T10/T12 Actual (5)n/a (5)n/a (5)n/a 1,358 1,482 (4)— (4)— 
			 Tornado F3 Planned 24,193 23,022 26,406 22,026 18,805 17,114 13,704 
			  Actual 20,922 21,515 23,231 20,066 17,613 14,245 11,850 
			 Tornado GR1/4 Planned 26,366 (3)26,058 29,044 28,600 26,438 28,260 28,279 
			  Actual 22,497 (3)25,908 29,017 26,766 28,071 30,518 26,984 
			 Typhoon Planned Not in service 399 580 1,260 3,380 8,438 11,700 
			  Actual Not in service Not in service Not in service 345 2,160 4,713 8,518 
			 Tristar Planned 9,561 9,561 9,561 10,561 11,191 11,561 11,561 
			  Actual 10,824 10,603 8,879 8,657 7,693 8,398 9,008 
			 VC10 Planned 11,550 11,550 11,550 10,550 9,920 9,550 9,550 
			  Actual 12,345 11,413 13,145 10,773 11,814 10,452 9,670 
			 Bae 125 Planned 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 
			  Actual 2,403 2,526 2,553 2,414 2,393 2,391 2,636 
			 Bae 146 Planned 1,080 1,080 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 
			  Actual 1,195 1,052 791 827 1,026 1,303 1,085 
			 Hercules C1/3/4/5 Planned 36,709 37,458 37,458 34,958 34,958 34,958 34,958 
			  Actual 39,834 39,871 35,173 30,640 27,906 28,836 27,647 
			 C17A Planned 3,000 3,000 4,000 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 
			  Actual 3,377 5,745 5,592 5,727 6,375 7,087 6,921 
			 JetstreamT2/T3 Planned 4,675 4,675 4,875 4,875 4,875 4,875 4,875 
			  Actual 3,752 3,865 4,129 4,402 4,085 4,339 4,583 
			 Jetstream T1 Planned 5,851 5,854 5,867 (6)Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service 
			  Actual 4,678 4,862 3,667 (6)Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service 
			 Canberra T4 & PR9 Planned 1,326 1,803 1,989 1,989 1,989 Out of service(9) Out of service 
			  Actual 1,255 1,239 1,083 1,084 889 Not available(9) Out of service 
			 Islander AL1 Planned (7)n/a (7)n/a (7)n/a 2,759 2,760 2,760 2,760 
			  Actual 2,228 2,302 2,396 2,112 1,908 1,857 1,621 
			 Islander CC2 Planned 800 800 800 1,200 1,600 1,600 1,600 
			  Actual 945 890 952 908 1,563 1,609 1,519 
			 Nimrod MR2 Planned 10,689 10,580 10,580 9,980 8,000 8,000 8,000 
			  Actual 11,042 10,387 10,759 10,898 8,060 6,882 6,634 
			 Nimrod Rl Planned 1,743 1,250 1,915 1,915 1,915 1,915 1,915 
			  Actual 1,536 1,302 1,356 1,220 1,385 • 1,160 1,415 
			 Sentry AEW1 Planned 4,446 4,134 4,134 4,586 4,898 5,210 4,785 
			  Actual 5,274 6,077 3,955 3,285 3,561 3,247 3,000 
			 Sentinel R1 Planned Not in service Not in service Not in service 100 1,600 2,400 1,835 
			  Actual Not in service Not in service Not in service Not in service Not in service 16 625 
			 Dominie Planned 5,448 5,425 5,275 5,275 4,650 4,150 4,150 
			  Actual 4,353 4,445 4,593 4,199 4,048 3,527 3,283 
			 Hawk Planned 31,745 32,382 32,362 27,022 25,997 28,278 22,480 
			  Actual 26,562 27,341 29,148 25,785 25,340 24,320 22,681 
			 Tucano Planned 25,706 25,578 25,248 16,500 14,660 16,385 14,855 
			  Actual 19,892 21,389 22,154 16,166 12,608 11,970 12,939 
			 Bulldog Planned n/a (8)Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service 
			  Actual 403 (8)Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service 
			 (1) Jaguar withdrawn from service August 2007. (2) Sea Harrier and Harrier T8 was withdrawn from service in 2006. 3. Harrier planned Figures are combined for Harrier GR7,GJA9andT10/2. (4) Harrier actual Figures FY 06-07 & FY 07-08 are the combined totals for all Harrier variants GR7, GR9, T10/12. (5) Harrier T10/12 figures before FY 04-05 are no longer available. (6) Jetstream Tl was withdrawn from service in 2004-05. (7) Islander AL1 planned figures are not available before FY 2004-05. (8) Bulldog was withdrawn from service in 2002. (9) Canberra PR9 and T4 were withdrawn from service by 2006. 
		
	
	All figures included in this table relate to in-service aircraft, and does not include any pre-service flying. Figures for each helicopter type are being provided by Land Forces in the answer to PQ 216251. Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), Contracted aircraft, and gliders have not been included. The Harrier figures have been collated as a combined total after FY 2005-06, and therefore it is not possible to split them into separate figures for GR7 and GR9 as the information is not held in that format.